Alejandra Márquez Abella

44, from San Luis Potosí, Mexico

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Biography

Born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico in 1982, she studied filmmaking at the Centre d’Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya in Barcelona. Her debut feature film, Semana Santa, and her second film, The Good Girls, both premiered at Toronto, the latter going on to screen at several festivals around the world and being nominated for 14 Mexican Academy of Film Awards. She has been working for television for more than a decade, including directing two episodes of the Narcos: Mexico series. El norte sobre el vacío is her third feature-length film.

Timeline

2023Aged 41

  • Poster for A Million Miles Away

    Screenplay

2022Aged 40

  • Poster for Northern Skies Over Empty Space

    Writer

2019Aged 37

  • Poster for The Good Girls

    Writer

2015Aged 33

  • Poster for Semana Santa

    Screenplay

2011Aged 29

  • Poster for Mal de tierra

    Director